美国文化的象征.ppt

Why was the monument Liberty Enlightening the World built ? alliance n. 同盟，联盟 an alliance against 抵御…的联盟 between …之间的同盟 with 与…的联盟 他们联合起来抵御共同敌人. They made an alliance against the common enemy. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on an island in Upper New York Bay in1886. It had his mother’s face and his wife’s body, but Bartholdi called it “my daughter ,Liberty”. 短语： to work on 从事于，致力于 他在写一部小说。 He is working on a novel. to be in love with sb. 与..恋爱 玛丽与哟翰相爱了. Mary is in love with John. to go ahead 继续，运行 不要气妥，要一往直前。 Don’t give it up. Go ahead. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * In the mid-1870s,French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous project called Liberty Enlightening the world, a monument celebrating US independence and the France-America alliance. At the same time ,he was in love with a woman whom he had met in Canada. His mother could not approve of her son’s affection for a woman she had never met, but Bartholdi went ahead and married his love in1876. approve vt. 批准 同意 vi. 称许 approval n. 虽然我并不喜欢这项计划，但我还是装作同意。 I affected to approve of the plan although I disliked it. affection 喜爱 爱情 她对弟弟们有着深厚的感情。 She has great affection for her little brothers. That the same year Bartholdi had assembled the statue’s right arm and torch, and displayed them in Philadelphia. It is said that he had used his wife’s arm as the model, but felt her face was too beautiful for the statue. He needed someone whose face represented suffering yet strength, someone more severe than beautiful. He chose his mother. * * * * *